vulnerability

PostgreSQL: CVE-2019-10164: Stack-based buffer overflow via setting a password

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 21, 2019
Added
Jun 21, 2019
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

PostgreSQL versions 10.x before 10.9 and versions 11.x before 11.4 are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. Any authenticated user can overflow a stack-based buffer by changing the user's own password to a purpose-crafted value. This often suffices to execute arbitrary code as the PostgreSQL operating system account.

Solution

postgres-upgrade-11_4
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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